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MADARA is pleased to be from the second greenest country in the world
Latvia – greener every year
According to the research Environmental Performance Index (EPI) carried out by Yale and Columbia universities, Latvia, in terms of the greenest country in the world takes second place, outrunning such countries as Norway, Great Britain, France and Sweden. Switzerland became the research leader out of 132 competing countries.
“Latvia, which is in the second place on the EPI in 2012, while in Trend EPI - in the first place among all countries included, has invested large amounts of energy during the last years, carrying out various environmental initiatives - for example, by not using coal in energy production and actively restoring forests – and the results can be clearly seen,” says EPI project Director Angel Hsu on Latvia’s being at the forefront.
“The most valuable resources of Latvia are – biological diversity, water and air. All this give us an invaluable royal life environment, when compared to many other places in the world, but unfortunately these resources are not limitless. They are far too valuable to be accounted for in money, but they do give an additional value to our country. This is important to keep in mind when planning the development of Latvia’s national economy,” emphasises Sanita Ribena, Director of the Homo Ecos Society.
EPI is a quantitative research that follows the results of the national environment, employing the best available data. The research has been carried out for many years, publishing the results once every two years on the official Yale University homepage of Environmental Performance Index - http://epi.yale.edu/
It is interesting that the research carried out in 2008 admitted Latvia as the 8th greenest country in the world, in 2010 it took 21st place, but in 2012 Latvia is already in 2nd place in the world. Precise research results, criteria and descriptions of other countries can be found at - http://epi.yale.edu/
